In case you hadn't noticed, the LIVING and ENTERTAINMENT sections of PuffHo are distinctly targeted towards a female demographic.

And, brilliantly, they publish one blogolicious nugget after another that is GUARANTEED to make an unhappy woman even unhappier: Stir up an ever-widening circle of desires that are truly impossible to fulfill fully...and then make it seem otherwise.

Brilliant!!!

This is the exact same strategy used by all the women's rags: Vogue, Cosmo, Marie Claire, Redbook, etc.

Brilliant!!!

What a public service this is. It certainly provides me with a hobby. Thank you, PuffHo, so very much.

98% OF ALL ADVERTIZING IS AIMED AT WOMEN!
Original because women did the household shopping. That is what they taught in college.
Advertizer have got your number ladies, they know what makes you buy.
Turn off the advertizers and see if your life gets better!
Businesses also love conflict and promote it.
Like marriage problem.
There is PROFIT IN CONFLICT.
Divorces means Businesse now have 2 households to sell products too.
Divorce also means some screwed up kids and parents who spend money just to try and keep the kids happy, on a new partner, and for more weddings.

Women are pissed because men are getting us into these fucking WARS!

I think that more women should take up welding
and other trades. Creating something, building
something, repairing something, maybe even
inventing something can be a rewarding and
fun experience. Also, take time to actually
sit down, find out what makes YOU happy, and
don't just live the Cosmo life. No one gets
out alive, whether or not you have any fun
while you're here is up to you...

I'm not surprised.

As men and women have traded/added some of one another's traditional roles, it makes sense that men have become more happy, women less happy.

Men's traditional roles of needing to bring home the bacon whether they like it or not was no picnic, nor was the "boys don't cry" imperative--both forced on men/boys by our culture, including their mothers and wives--despite the rhetoric to the contrary. As women have entered what used to be men's roles/jobs, they've added more heart disease, smoking, etc, and men are closing the gap in longevity.

Ladies, welcome to the ( so-called) privileged "man's world"!

Utter nonsense!
In my family,I'm the one who has to remind
my husband when his mother's birthday is,
year after year.
Come to think of it,after 36 years together,
I have have to remember his shit and my own
too.
Thank God for Post-its!!!

Also ...More women are Liberals ....More men conservative................Come on , objectively look thru the threads here and compare the hatred, vitriol ,obscenities the BLOG RAGE if yu will and compare to what the way most opposing opinions are articulated. Exclude for the moment your blind hatred for right wing talk, Fox, and President Bush. Everything liberal spews the race card , white male bashing et al and more women than not are liberal , thus more woman are unhappier than men.

Who is the happiest? It is the person who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, as though it were his own.






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These studies turn a complex human issue into something without any nuance; something divisive (or is it just that commenters here on HuffPo only see black or white) People need to stop caring so much about what "society" thinks. Happiness lies in being yourself and not being a sheep/zombie. Women who really believe they can only be happy through external and material goals are seriously mistaken. Men too for that matter. I'm not perfect, but I am VERY HAPPY. (It comes from the inside you know?) Put two happy people together, you get a happy marriage (and happy kids!)

It is not so surprising to me that women are not so happy.
First, we are paid less than men are but everything for women is more expensive.
Clothes, hairdresser, dry cleaning, cosmetics, shoes, underwear, health insurance, etc. Usually we pay more for repairs and services because men take advantage of us.

The problem obviously is that women believe all that crap the advertising agencies tell them from morning to night. They are not slim enough, their hair is not shiny enough, their skin not even enough, their teeth not white enough, their breasts not big enough, their waistline not tiny enough. Their behind is too big, they smell in intimate places, they are told that their body hair is ugly and they are prone to depressions and mood swings.
Consequently women run around in dangerous and uncomfortable shoes and clothing. They spend hours on their appearance while usually working more hours than men do. They try to be sexy for men, who in return do not even bother to care how to satisfy a woman.

Every four weeks women have to endure periods. We have to take time out of the workforce to have children in the most productive time of our lives. We are usually the one being stuck to care for children and elderly parents.

Because we are physically not so strong, we get raped and beaten by men with personality problems.

Men have very successfully told women that they should be like men, but the moment they are as successful as men they are put down and ridiculed.
Even gay men have nothing better to do than to tell women how they should look like and what to wear, how to furnish their homes etc.

It is depressing.

Women... you can't live with them, and if you do, they are unhappy. A woman's head takes in so much bullshit it's unbelievable. The problem is their filtering system is defective. That is why women are easier prey for smooth talkers, charlatan preachers, nutty psychiatrists, etc. You are bound to be unhappy if you accept every BS the world throws your way.

It's 2007. Women are able to make as much as men. They're able to procreate without men. And they can get sex anytime they want.

The problem then lies with how the woman views herself. If she believes what the world says about her abilities, then she's stuck.

It's time for a New Women's Liberation Movement. Not just for Feminists and Lesbians, but for all women.

If you're a women (and who isn't) the first thing you must do, is send Dr. Grainger $5.95 for an informative audio tape that will enrich your life and expand your mind with endless (female) possibilities.

Disclaimer: Dr. Grainger is not an actual doctor, and no advice dispensed shall be deemed medical advice. Consumer shall be responsible for any harm to their pysche, or any reduction in their organ donation card status. In the event a snow job was not detected, a separate fee for shipping and handling will be incurred on the first of the month, every month following the successfull delivery of said audio tape, and continuing for 200 years, or until Dr. Grainger moves to a more suitable location.

These posts really are a laugh and a half. Now back to work, everyone.

PS yes...I STILL have to tell hubby to throw the trash every time.

Actually women are exhausted.
I lost my job 4 years ago and decided to be a stay at home mom and go to school part-time.
I have very difficult homework in math and physics daily.
I rise at 5:30am to study until 6:30 am
Fix the boys ( hubby and son) lunches and feed all the animals.
Get the boy's breakfast together and get their clothes out for the day. then I take my boy to school.
I get home and get myself together and have my egg.
Go to class. Study and get help with HW and then have a minuscule lunch.
Go to the gym.
Get home to meet the boy at the bus stop and feed him snack. I get a fruit.
Afternoons are "free" for grocery shopping, paying bills, laundry and "visiting" elderly parents. By 4:30-5:00pm I clean the kitchen and get dinner on the table by 6:00pm. Then, I wash up, throw the boy in the bath, wash him and then we do his HW. He and his dad wrestle until 9:00pm bed for the boy while I settle in to study until midnight.
I never dust.
My husband gets up at 7:00am gets dressed, grabs his lunch and goes to work. When he gets home after a hard day at work, he watches TV, plays video games and wrestles with the boy.
I am responsible for all play dates celebrations and upholding traditions, parental duties at school and Dr. and vet appts. for all. I tend everyone when sick staying up the night running out for medicine. I do the taxes. I also have the elderly parents that need help shopping, going to Dr. appts. paying bills and yes doing their taxes.
The hubby doesn't make enough for us to live and soon I will have to go to work!